WASHINGTON DC, USA – The United States “does not recognize the legitimacy” of upcoming Russian parliamentary elections planned for Crimea , the State Department said Friday, September 16. “The United States does not recognize the legitimacy, and will not recognize the outcome, of the Russian Duma elections planned for...

The United States says it will not recognize the outcome of the Russian parliamentary elections slated for Russian-occupied Crimea Sunday. State Department spokesman John Kirby said in a statement “Our position on Crimea is clear: the peninsula remains an integral part of Ukraine. Crimea-related sanctions against Russia will remain until...

Security guards are seen during a ceremony to mark the return of paintings that were stolen from the Netherlands’ Westfries Museum in 2005 and discovered in Ukraine earlier in 2016, in Kiev, Ukraine on Friday, September 16, 2016. Photo: REUTERS Kiev authorities handed over to the Netherlands on Friday five masterpieces stolen from a Dutch...